Festivall ‘08 in Charleston is expanding. It’s stretching from four days to ten next summer. The festival is planned for June 20-29, 2008. Some of the activities planned include the Water Chili Cook-off, as well as performances by the Charleston Opera and the West Virginia Symphony.
More than 30,000 people attended the last Festivall in Charleston and organizers are expecting a bigger crowd in 2008.
Jacksonville, Florida, November 26, 2007 – Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has become Bushmaster pit viper central among zoos nationwide. The fourteen babies are the first offspring of the Zoo’s 5-year-old, 7-foot 6-inch female Bushmaster and its male mate. This is the first time the two have produced offspring. The eggs were hatched after a 75-day incubation period on September 1, 2007. Each of the neonate Bushmasters (Lachesis muta muta) were an average of 2 ½ ounces in weight and 22 ½ inches long.